なんか分からないが、一筋縄じゃいきそうにないってことだな。ううむ。

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English Translation

I don't quite follow, but it looks like it will prove tricky. Ergh.

Furigana

なんか分(わ)からないが、一筋縄(ひとすじなわ)じゃいきそうにないってことだな。ううむ。

Romanji

Nanka wakaranai ga, hitosujinawa ja ikisō ninai tte koto da na. u umu.

Words

なんか (なんか)

things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

一筋縄 (ひとすじなわ)

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

諾 (お、う、せ)

yes; all right; OK; okay

倦む (あぐむ、うむ)

to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in